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Revainrating 5 out of 5

Im amazed! It was definitely worth the money!

Who does not have money for 50 1.4 definitely buy. The difference is not as significant as the price. I had both options. I sold 50 1.4 to make money for a telephoto, and in return I bought 50 1.8, which I do not regret at all. It's lightweight and draws beautifully! Believe me, weight matters a lot! The 5D carcass itself is heavy, and if you hang lead on it, then it’s generally tin. No matter what anyone says, sometimes you think about whether to take the whole arsenal with you or just hang up

Pros
  • The lens has the following advantages: price, weight, optical characteristics
Cons
  • It doesn't look solid :)), 5 aperture blades are not enough! , buzzing like a Chinese toy! misses often.

Revainrating 5 out of 5

The best thing I've ever used, a great item for everyone!

The lens is good for its price. Even very good. It allows you to maximize the capabilities of the matrix of the device. I do not recommend taking it as a replacement for the whale one, because the angle of view is clearly not enough for you (if you are not shooting at ff). It is well suited for leisurely creative shooting both on the street and at home / in the portrait studio and whatever you want. Separately, I want to say about bokeh (background blur). In most cases, the lens is…

Pros
  • – Price – Good image quality
Cons
  • – Constructive

Revainrating 5 out of 5

I was surprised by the quality for this price.

I bought a junior fifty dollars after I shot 50 / 1.4, taken from a friend. I don't see much difference in picture quality. In addition to the "nuts" in the bokeh on a full hole and the absence of USM-FTM. I shot them about 300 frames for the New Year. Mostly portraits. When analyzing images, I found 90% out of focus on an open hole (1.8-2.0). It turned out that there is a strong front focus. I have a 7D camera, so I decided to adjust the autofocus. I chose "adjustment separately for each…

Pros
  • Sharpness, perfectly washes the background, low price - it's not a pity.
Cons
  • manufacturing accuracy of the autofocus drive, low focusing motor speed, "nuts" in the bokeh

Bought for my first DSLR (350d). For an inexperienced user, a great thing, after all sorts of soap boxes and smartphone cameras. There was nothing to compare with, therefore I don’t consider the fragility and the moving trunk and the focus ring at the very end to be a disadvantage, since I was used to it from the very beginning and did not complain. AF catches normally, which is 350d, which is 7d. Well, yes, it looks for a head longer than the others, but this is also reflected in the price…

Pros
  • price tag Dimensions The weight Picture quality Aperture
Cons
  • solid plastic Noisy (sound, not picture) Dimensions (its cons) flimsy

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Im not particularly happy, but basically everything is fine.

To make a great shot, you need to try hard. I have the Soviet Helios 44-2 in my opinion, it surpasses 50mm in terms of sharpness, but still it does not have autofocus :) There is no lens hood in the kit, well, of course, for such a price, this is due. And sometimes it is very lacking. In general, a good lens for its price, better than the Canon Kit. I advise all beginners to take a carcass (body) and this fifty dollars :)

Pros
  • Good price, aperture, size and weight, easy manual focus ring, bokeh.
Cons
  • Sharpness appears only from F2.5, Capricious autofocus, fragile constructive.

Revainrating 5 out of 5

A high-quality product, the price corresponds to the quality.

The lens receives a rating of 5 for the combination of very good optical properties and a very affordable price. I recommend it for everyone who is just starting to shoot with a DSLR and wants to try what his camera is capable of, to get an ultra-accessible and quite effective portrait lens for a crop or a standard lens for a full frame. Relative to the Canon 50 / 1.4, it is much weaker in design and autofocus performance. Regarding the Canon 40 / 2.8, it differs in a slightly weaker design…

Pros
  • 1. A very affordable optical quality autofocus lens. Easy to take for a beginner mirrorer to try. 2. Optically - a very good typical fifty-kopeck 50mm f/1.8. It doesn’t soft on the open, the matrix allows, but excellent micro-contrast is achieved somewhere with f / 2.5. It doesn't vignette on crop, on full frame it vignettes noticeably up to about f/2.5 - f/2.8, then it's almost invisible. Maximum sharpness is achieved at f/5.6 - f/8.0. Easily resolves the most multi-megapixel matrices of both cropped and full-frame cameras. The bokeh is quite tangible, noticeable, rather soft - without hard highlights, but nothing more. However, it is quite pleasant to use it in portrait photography. The color reproduction is quite decent, quite neutral, the colors are good, not faded. CA (chromatic aberration) is practically not observed. In terms of optical characteristics, it surpasses almost all zooms set at 50 mm focal length, and does not lag behind very expensive L (actually 24-70 / 2.8, the rest at this focal length are even darker). 3. Lightweight, compact.
Cons
  • 1. When compared in terms of optical characteristics, it is inferior to Canon EF 50 mm f/1.4 USM - fifty dollars 50/1.4 is already starting to have good micro-contrast from f/2.0 - f/2.2. The bokeh of any 50 / 1.4 is usually softer, smoother, more beautiful. In general, optically 50 / 1.8 at the same apertures is the same in sharpness as 50 / 1.4, but inferior to it in bokeh pattern. Here, the bokeh sometimes twists, sometimes slightly ripples, and a bright border is often visible near the light spots in the bokeh from light sources outside the depth of field. The difference in optics is not very big, but it is noticeable. 2. Weak, rather flimsy design, plastic mount. Not the most reliable machine. 3. Noisy autofocus. Plus, he's not fast. The step of the micromotor is rough and often the lens does not focus very accurately at distances of ~ 3-6 meters. There is no way to manually focus when autofocus is on. The focus ring even rotates when autofocus is working. 4. A five-blade aperture 50/1.8 at f/2.8 - f/5.6 can easily make noticeable pentagons-"nuts" from point light sources in bokeh.

Revainrating 5 out of 5

The quality is top notch and I recommend the product for purchase.

if the hands are pumped up and do not tremble - there are NO autofocus misses AT ALL. unequivocally a large aperture is more profitable than a stabilizer so that people do not blur in motion. I had two copies, one from the store, the other bought from the hands. which for some reason seems blurry in macro photography at 1.8, but I’m just picking on it, perfect sharpness at 1.8 costs 50 pieces for a fifty-kopeck piece.

Pros
  • 1. The design is "a lens hood to itself" - no parasitic light, no touching the glass with your fingers. 2. a rare super cheap diaphragm that draws bokeh not in circles, but in hellishly unusual, and therefore artistic bees 3. sharp. like 50 1.4, only without 1.4 =) 4. the construct is very strong - here at fifty dollars 1.4 there are a lot of reviews "hit. broke the YSM motor. repaired for five pieces." this one has a bunch of reviews "hit. fell into two halves. terrible plastic guts inside. inserted one into the other and again into battle." although I myself, no matter how much I beat fifty dollars against the beams of attics under the roofs, he generally doesn’t give a damn. 5. it looks very short - no one will perceive it as a professional photographer even if you put it on 5d mk.2
Cons
  • 1. the construct is, as it were, strong, but sometimes it is not clear how it is alive at all - the insides are entirely plastic, something always dangles inside it, when focusing it buzzes with the sound of friction plastic-on-plastic, sometimes the limit (macro) slips with a loud crack focus point and immediately returns to the desired position with the same bang. but still it is absolutely accurate in focus and absolutely sharp. 2. looks very short - it's a shame to get in a crowded place, it seems that I'm not a man.

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Do not hesitate to buy, the quality is amazing for the price.

I bought it quite recently, and I haven’t really had time to test it yet, I only took about 500 photos on it; and I want to write about it. I am not a professional, and L-ka with 1.2 is not for me yet, this is my first DSLR and the first additional lens, for me it is just perfect, the photos are amazing. The colors are completely different from the whale (I'm shooting on 1100D), I put the whale one on the shelf for now. I bought a UV filter, the cheapest, more to protect the glass (sometimes…

Pros
  • - PRICE (although I bought this device for as much as 4500, you can find it cheaper); - aperture ratio (see also drawback); - on the crop, a good "portrait" turned out (not without flaws, of course); - EF mount (if I suddenly buy FF, it will go there as well); - due to the design, it is very light (see disadvantage); - compared to kit 18-55, the colors are simply gorgeous; - look cool on the camera;
Cons
  • - completely plastic, and the mount itself (see advantages); - after all, at 1.8 it lathers a little (on 2.8 the picture is already clear); - in the conditions of an apartment (namely an apartment, not a huge country house), such a focal length on the crop is of course large, not everything fits in the photo (on the street it’s just perfect, a small zoom with your feet); - as already mentioned, it misses the focus (well, it happens, and what can you do now, you saw the price, it's not fatal)

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Best thing I have ever used, highly recommended!

After reading reviews, tests and reviews on this lens, I was afraid that frequent focus misses were possible, but I simply could not help but buy it. The store offered a choice of several lenses of this model. I clicked on three (!) Several dozen frames each and did not notice any misses in focusing! Although the "hole" was specially opened to the maximum, up to 1.8. I practically don’t take it off the camera now, and so far there have never been such problems! It is possible that in the last

Pros
  • Benefits for the face: - Aperture (in low light conditions, the shots are excellent, pretty sharp). Shooting a portrait in the lights of big city streets is just a fairy tale! =) - Enough bright, colorful and saturated colors. - Price!
Cons
  • So far I haven't noticed one. Yes, and it’s a sin to look for them and poke your fingers into the shortcomings of the lens for SUCH a price (I took a new one for 4100) .

Revainrating 2 out of 5

It is better not to buy it, the product is not what it should be.

After a little acquaintance with this lens, I personally didn’t understand why it was needed? This Canon EF 50 mm lens is a complete copy of the Canon EF-S 18-55mm (this is the standard option that almost every new camera comes with), with some exceptions for the Worse, namely the EF 50 mm is clearly louder in the motor and has no zoom and stabilizer. "The EF 50 mm has a large aperture" - you say, but with this alleged plus, in poor lighting it smears at the slightest shudder of the hand and…

Pros
  • no obvious
Cons
  • does not catch autofocus well, the motor makes a loud noise, flimsy design

Revainrating 4 out of 5

I recommend to buy, the product is of high quality.

What can actually be said about this lens. On the plus side: the price pleases, on average it costs 3500 new, used 2022-2500, beautiful and juicy color reproduction, very sharp starting from f2.0-f2.2, draws portraits beautifully. Normal size and weight, convenient to take for a walk, relatively inexpensive filters. Of the minuses: you need to buy a lens hood separately, at one time I took JJC for 450, less than six months later, with a filter, I sucked a lot of dust on the rear lens, the…

Pros
  • Sharpness, dimensions, weight, price
Cons
  • Plastic and build quality, no hood included, no USM

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Great product, a pleasure to use.

When buying, it is necessary to carefully check the debris on the lenses, very often there are specimens with plastic shavings inside. To achieve an excellent picture on this glass, you need to have "straight" hands or shoot from a tripod, since there is no stub and you need to shoot only in manual mode, otherwise you will get a picture of the quality of a whale or even worse. This glass is NOT a REPLACEMENT for a WHALE, this glass is an excellent ADDITION to a whale, for example, it is…

Pros
  • Price bokeh Aperture sharpness
Cons
  • autofocus

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Good product for me, no problems at all.

I would like to talk about sore points . Reading reviews about the lens, you understand that everyone who claims that f1.8-2.2 is not working is shamelessly lying. This lens has an absolutely specific application - portrait and product photography, as well as a genre. And in order for f1.8-2.2 to be working, you need to fix your hands and head. I can help correct my hands, namely, these apertures have a very small depth of field, because of this, the shutter speed should be at least 1 \ 160 and

Pros
  • Lightweight, small in size, aperture, of course the price!, Pretty tenacious autofocus.
Cons
  • It buzzes when autofocus is working, the manual focus ring is not very convenient, but with some training this drawback is leveled.

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Wonderful quality, one hundred percent satisfied!

They say the first EF 50 F / 1.8 were better. This is not true. I had a copy of the first one, I really liked the picture, but it missed too often. Even on 2.8. Then I dropped it from a small height and it hopelessly split into two parts. Some time later I bought a used II and it turned out to be much more accurate and quieter. I am satisfied, I actively use it complete with 24-105L. I recommend to everyone.

Pros
  • low cost and constant availability of used models for sale.
Cons
  • fragile! be very careful - you can not drop even from a small height.

Revainrating 5 out of 5

The best thing Ive ever used, a great item for everyone!

I have already the second fifty kopecks in the last six years. I took both without zeroing in on targets and there were no complaints about the quality of both copies. Yes, the lens is not very "colorful", but it is sharp as a razor and absolutely predictable in terms of the shooting result. 50mm on a crop is not universal, but, nevertheless, this lens is worth it as a staff member. Half-length portraits, a narrow landscape, a subject matter are excellent. I highly recommend this lens to all…

Pros
  • Aperture, sharpness, light weight, quite nice picture on the open aperture. Ridiculous price. Prevalence in the secondary market: easy to find and just as easy to sell if you don’t like it.
Cons
  • On some (not all) carcasses it can be soft at f / 1.8 - not everyone likes it and is not always appropriate. The five petals make the bokeh quite "hard" at a covered aperture. Absolutely not convenient manual focus ring. Quite loud buzzing :)

Revainrating 5 out of 5

An ideal product for any type of consumer.

normal portrait for little money! ideal for home use. bought in addition to whale. autofocus, of course, is not super-fast, but I like using manual more. I was not pleased with the build quality - my whale lens was made in Japan, the plastic is noticeably better there, and this one is in Malaysia. maybe it depends. in general, for the money did not disappoint. turned out to be fast, there are no problems in poor lighting.

Pros
  • low cost, fairly high-quality output image, aperture
Cons
  • low quality plastic

Revainrating 5 out of 5

A valuable purchase, some advantages!

There were many lenses in use. From the cheapest to the most expensive. Now there are 50 \ 1.4 but before that it was 1.8 Impressions were only positive. Yes, a little noisier, aperture a little less . but these are such trifles. If you are the owner of a crop camera like d450-550, this is the lens that should be in addition to the whale. It is on it that you can make not bad portraits on the crop (85 mm is too long on the crop) On account of which is better 1.4 or 1.8: You can put 1.4 on a…

Pros
  • Extreme aperture and picture quality for ultra-small money.
Cons
  • I assure you there are none. There are only high expectations.

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Good product at a good price, I recommend to try it.

I have been using it to this day since the summer of 2022 on a canon 450d (for 4 years already). Bought on an Internet from America. The plastic case and bayonet mount do not bother at all. It's hard to hit 1.8, a large autofocus step. 2.0-2.2 are already working. Not everyone will go with it because of its features, but if you learn how to manage it, then everything will be fine. As the first fast fix is ​​good. After buying 85 1.8, I began to use it less often. For rooms on the crop it is…

Pros
  • Aperture. Price. Light.
Cons
  • For its price, the disadvantages are insignificant.

Revainrating 5 out of 5

A really necessary purchase, Im glad I found this product.

A good cheap fix for beginners and (or) non-professional photographers, I have been using it for more than a year, the impressions are positive, it washes well in the open, fell on asphalt on vacation, bent the autofocus switch under the side cover, jamming the drive mechanics, repaired it myself in field conditions with a knife peeling off the side cover with the inscription 50mm . I like it, for such a price-MUST HAVE !

Pros
  • PRICE !, aperture, fast autofocus, although not USM, light, small, convenient for the street or FR office
Cons
  • no at this price

Revainrating 4 out of 5

A good product, I advise you to try it.

Bought to replace a failed whale (18-55). Compared to a whale, it is faster, lighter and noisier. When photographing using a tripod, in not very bright rooms, I noticed that the picture is better (it seems that autofocus does not smear so often, it's just that my hands are shaking and the picture is a little blurry). Helios 44-3 (58/2) on a "dandelion" with an f2 hole gives more pleasant bokeh, but you can't shoot children with it. Fifty dollars + continuous shooting solves the problem of…

Pros
  • Price (bought on stock for 2300). Aperture 1.8. Nimble. Small.
Cons
  • There is no sense of security. Noisier than a whale. Autofocus when shooting handheld often smears on large holes.